Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
not published by hospital
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$156.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,344.55 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $156.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $156.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $156.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $156.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $156.30 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $256.06 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $256.06 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $323.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $338.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $338.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $338.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $338.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $356.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $364.71 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $364.71 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $385.55 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $416.81 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $432.44 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $446.87 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $446.87 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $446.87 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $462.74 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $494.96 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $507.98 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $617.40 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $617.40 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $631.01 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $651.26 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $664.29 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $690.34 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $711.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $836.22 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $836.22 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $836.22 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $890.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $890.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $890.93 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $911.77 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $911.77 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $920.22 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,042.02 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,042.02 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,044.63 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,044.63 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,044.63 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,120.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,127.99 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,127.99 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,127.99 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,172.27 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,172.27 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,172.27 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,302.53 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,388.49 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,432.78 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,432.78 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,563.03 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,563.03 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,563.03 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,563.03 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,693.28 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,084.04 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,084.04 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,136.14 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,214.29 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,214.29 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,344.55 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,344.55 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $405.67 | $114.94 – $507.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $539.93 | $111.14 – $809.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $600.80 | $120.16 – $751.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $405.67 | $108.18 – $507.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $539.93 | $173.32 – $809.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $539.93 | $278.96 – $3,235.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $600.80 | $200.27 – $901.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $405.67 | $108.18 – $507.09 |